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November 30, 2003 - Ludacris and Outkast were on hand for a Thanksgiving Day Bash on Thursday (November 27). Check out pictures from GettyImages.

November 27, 2003 - According to Popbitch.com, Ludacris recently came on a promo tour to London with a rather large entourage. One of his posse was asked what he did for Ludacris. He answered, "I do the batteries." When asked to explain which batteries he was responsible for, he replied, "the ones in the Gameboys."

November 23, 2003 - 3LW, Alicia Keys, Kelis, Kim Porter, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Naomi Campbell, Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D., Queen Latifah, Quincy Jones, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, and Snoop Dogg were amongst the stars on hand for the 2003 Vibe Awards on Thursday (November 20) at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. Check out pictures here.

November 23, 2003 - At the first ever Vibe Awards in Los Angeles, artists were not able to escape the questions regarding Michael Jackson's allegations of child molestation. Check out reactions from Ludacris, LL Cool J, Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D., and Alicia Keys in a clip from Reuters.

November 16, 2003 - 'Chicken & Beer' sees Ludacris taking a return shot at Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on the tracks 'Blow It Out' and 'Hoes in My Room'. But as the rapper explains, that's not the end. "I still haven't gotten the last word. He still talks about me on his show," Ludacris told MuchMusic. "There's still racism in America and he's a hypocrite but there you have it. It was just me coming back and stating some things that I thought I needed to say. Me staying successful, that's what's really going to get back at this individual. Whether I talk about him or not as long as I stay in his face and continue success that's what's going to get on his nerves."

November 13, 2003 - The Cornell Daily Sun reports that a white female student assaulted Sunday night leaving the Nappy Roots and Ludacris concert at Barton Hall says she was the victim of a hate-crime, which left her with a ruptured ear drum and thirteen stiches on her face. The incident, as described by the victim, began when the student had a minor altercation with another girl who was at the concert while the performace was still going on. "She said 'Get your white hair out of my face,'" the student said. Later, after separating from her friends after the concert, she found herself surrounded by a group made up of five black females and one black male, who have yet to be identified. "They said they were gonna fu** up my pretty white face," she said. Allegedly, the incident turned physically violent when one of the girls slapped the student hard enough to rupture her eardrum, a blow which threw her off balance. The other five assailants proceeded to kick and punch her as she fell down. Read more.

November 11, 2003 - Joshua Ostroff of the Toronto Eye spoke with Ludacris about his new album 'Chicken N Beer', the 'Dirty South', his run-in with Bill O'Reilly and what Pepsi has done to apologize for the situation, and the promotion of materialism in hip-hop. On the latter subject, Ludacris says, "If you have it, you can talk about it. In an urban community a lot of people come from an unfortunate place so for them to get certain things, they like to talk about it. We like to be flashy and show off what we have. I don't think there's anything wrong with it as long as your whole album isn't just talking about that one thing." Check out the entire interview here.

November 11, 2003 - Donald Smith and Drew Akins of the Yale Daily News reviewed Ludacris' latest effort 'Chicken-N-Beer'. They write, "With this album, Ludacris proves that he is much more than a passing fad in the rap game and cements his place among the top hip-hop artists in the industry today. In an age where the thug image has become a requirement for success and where rappers wear bullet wounds like badges of honor, Ludacris proves that an artist can still be successful using humor and wit in his lyrics." Read more.

November 11, 2003 - Teen People asked several celebrities including Ludacris what their most embarrassing moments were. "I [got] a bad haircut in high school," Luda explained. "The barber accidently cut a hole in my [hair]... and you couldn't wear a hat in my school. You just had to take it."

November 2, 2003 - Ludacris, Alyssa Milano, Interpol, and Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional were on hand to celebrate the launch of Napster 2.0 on Wednesday (October 29) at House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Check out pictures from WireImage (page1 / page2).

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